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Mirrored area

Two directions of one flow, split by an axis.

import { MirroredArea } from "diagrammatic";

A dam operator's season chart: river inflow above the axis, controlled releases below, November through June. The mirror form fits because the two flows literally oppose each other.

Reservoir inflow and releasechannel 40↓ inflow↑ releaseNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Illustrative data. Dam operator logs, fortnightly means.

fig. 05 · Reservoir inflow and release through a wet season

Inflow peaks in late January at 62 m³/s, about a month before release peaks at 46 m³/s in late February. Release reaches the 40 m³/s guide in early February and returns to it in late March.

Use it for
Paired in-and-out volumes: download against upload, inbound against outbound.
Watch out
The two halves share a scale by convention; label both directions or one gets misread.